PM adviser insists election to be on time, fair

Adviser to the prime minister on international affairs Gowher Rizvi on Sunday said the next general elections will be held fairly and on time without any impediment, reports UNB.

"The election will be held in time... There's no doubt about it. There'll be no impediment to any political party in participating in the election," he said mentioning that all the political parties will join the elections.

Rizvi said Bangladesh is a stable society with political stability and growing maturity of democratic institutions.

"We'll continue to have the stable society... democratic continuity will be there," he said addressing a discussion on Bangladesh-Australia trade and investment opportunities at a city hotel.

Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) executive chairman Kazi M Aminul Islam and the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) president Md Shafiul Islam (Mohiuddin) were present there.

The Australia Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ABCCI) hosted a welcome reception to Julia Niblett, High Commissioner of Australia to Bangladesh, and a discussion on 'Bilateral Business & Trade Opportunities Between Australia & Bangladesh'.

Business leaders from the FBCCI, other associations and members of other Bilateral Chambers were also present.

Rizvi said Bangladesh is now a different place with social and economic growth, and political stability over the last 10 years played the key role.

He, however, said election results are unpredictable but business policies and opportunities are predictable, and urged Australian investors to invest in Bangladesh.